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  2. San Diego Chicken - Wikipedia

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    The San Diego Chicken with Gerald Ford during the 1976 presidential election. In March 1974, Giannoulas was hired to wear the first chicken suit; at the time he was a 20-year-old journalism major at San Diego State University. He was originally from Canada but had attended Hoover High School in San Diego. [1]

  3. El Cortez (San Diego) - Wikipedia

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    El Cortez is a condominium building in San Diego, California. Built from 1926 to 1927, the El Cortez was the tallest building in San Diego when it opened. It sits atop a hill at the north end of downtown San Diego, where it dominated the city skyline for many years and became a landmark hotel. From its opening in 1927 through the 1950s, it was ...

  4. Old Town, San Diego - Wikipedia

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    Old Town, San Diego. Coordinates: 32°45′27.45″N 117°11′44.11″W. The entrance of Old town. Old Town is a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It contains 230 acres (93 ha) and is bounded by Interstate 8 on the north, Interstate 5 on the west, Mission Hills on the east and south. [ 1] It is the oldest settled area in San Diego and is ...

  5. Downtown San Diego - Wikipedia

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    Downtown San Diego is the city center of San Diego, California, the eighth largest city in the United States. In 2010, the area had a population of more than 28,000. Downtown San Diego serves as the cultural and financial center and central business district of San Diego, with more than 4,000 businesses and nine districts.

  6. University of San Diego - Wikipedia

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    Mascot. Diego Torero. Website. www .sandiego .edu. The University of San Diego ( USD) is a private Catholic research university in San Diego, California. Chartered in July 1949 as the independent San Diego College for Women and San Diego University (comprising the College for Men and School of Law ), the two institutions merged in 1972.

  7. Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego - Wikipedia

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    The Gaslamp Quarter is a 16½-block neighborhood in the downtown area of San Diego, California.It extends from Broadway to Harbor Drive, and from 4th to 6th Avenue. Listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places as the Gaslamp Quarter Historic District, it includes over 90 historic buildings, [3] most of which were constructed in the Victorian Era; many are in use as ...

  8. Live in San Diego (Eric Clapton album) - Wikipedia

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    Roll On. (2009) Stay Around. (2019) Live in San Diego [1] (alternatively known as Live in San Diego with special guest JJ Cale) [2] is the thirteenth live album (and a live DVD) by British rock musician Eric Clapton. It was released through Reprise Records as a live album on 30 September 2016 [3] and as a 2-hour live DVD on 10 March 2017.

  9. List of San Diego Padres owners and executives - Wikipedia

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    Name Years Eddie Leishman: 1969–1972 Peter Bavasi: 1972–1976 Bob Fontaine: 1977–1980 Jack McKeon: 1980–1990 Joe McIlvaine: 1991–1993 Randy Smith